Oral, non-opioid drug candidate advancing through Phase 1 and nearing completion of the single ascending dose (SAD) portion as the Company prepares to launch U.S. Phase 2a by year-end MIAMI, FLORIDA / ACCESS Newswire / July 29, 2025 / MIRA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:MIRA), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing novel therapies for neurologic, neuropsychiatric, and metabolic disorders, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared its Investigational New Drug (IND) application for Ketamir-2, a novel oral NMDA receptor antagonist for the treatment of neuropathic pain. The IND submission included a comprehensive data package encompassing preclinical pharmacology, safety, and toxicology studies, including a pivotal neurotoxicity study in Sprague-Dawley rats which showed no evidence of brain lesions or adverse CNS effects-a key distinction from traditional ketamine, which has been associated with NMDA-linked neurotoxicity and the formation of Olney lesions in similar preclinical models.